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1	The Anti-Immigrant "New Mediascape": Analyzing Nativist Discourse on the Web Costley, William F. January 2014 (has links) This project examines nativism as an important historical process in the development of American cultural identity, following an interdisciplinary approach that focuses on the emergence of anti-immigrant discourse on the Internet. My aim is to analyze how anti-immigrant groups, despite access to new technologies, continue to reify stereotypes and representations of Latin American immigrants within a longstanding tradition of nativism. In particular, I explore the impact of strategies employed on the websites of the anti-immigrant groups Border Guardians, Mothers against Illegal Aliens, American Border Patrol, Justice for Shawna Forde, Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, and Minuteman Project to circulate anti-immigrant rhetoric on the World Wide Web. Following the work of cultural scholars Jean Baudrillard and Michel Foucault, as well as new media scholars Andrew Shapiro, Manuel Castells, and Sherry Turkle among others, I argue that nativist groups utilize multiple hyperlinking techniques to "disintermediate" their rhetoric, resulting in a closed ideological environment I call a "hyperverse." The nativist hyperverse effectively isolates itself from competing perspectives on immigration that could challenge its discourse, largely by framing itself as what Castells refers to as a "counter power" movement against hegemonic forces. Furthermore, I build upon the work of Arjun Appadurai to position the hyperverse within a larger anti-immigrant "mediascape" that permeates established media, such as print and television, and which in turn inflects public and political discourse. I maintain that the processes that create the hyperverse also render it immune to rupture from competing perspectives circulating in new or traditional media. Nevertheless, I cite popular movements, as described by Sasha Costanza-Chock, formed through communications technologies that connect and mobilize youth in opposition to hegemonic anti-immigrant ideologies. I conclude by proposing that new media technologies be viewed not merely as a vehicle that automatically privileges truth, but as tools for creating narratives that must be regarded with a critical approach. I conclude with a call to twenty-first century educators to develop new pedagogical methods to teach students to seek and analyze sources of online texts in order to become empowered consumers and producers of information. Manuel Castells hyperverse Internet mediascapes nativism Spanish anti-immigrant movements
2	Castells och den Digitala Klyftan : En Litteraturstudie / Castells and the Digital Divide : A Literature Study Sewerin, Maria January 2014 (has links) Den här c-uppsatsen är en studie om hur av delar av Manuel Castells teorier om den digitala klyftan, den informationella revolutionen och flödesrummet överensstämmer med ett urval av akademiska artiklar som publiceras under åren 1990-2010 i databasen LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts). Den digitala klyftan ett gap med ojämn tillgång till dator med internetuppkoppling. Studien är utförd med litteraturstudier och textanalytiska metoder. Castells fick stor uppmärksamhet för Informationsåldern: Ekonomi, Samhälle och Kultur, Nätverkssamhällets Framväxt. Syftet är att med en litteraturstudie undersöka om det skett någon förskjutning i förklaringen av den digitala klyftan. Studien är begreppsutredande och baserad på forskningsartiklar och litteratur. Studien undersöker om artikelförfattarnas teorier och forskning överensstämmer med Castells teorier om den digitala klyftan, den informationella revolutionen och flödesrum. IKT (informations- och kommunikationsteknik) har på kort tid slagit igenom och blivit en del av många människors vardag. De grupper människor som inte får tillgång till IKT riskerar att marginaliseras. Med tanke på den snabba teknikutvecklingen är det även relevant att undersöka om Castells teorier som numera (2013) är över ett decennium gamla fortfarande är aktuella. / This thesis investigates how parts of Manuel Castell’s theories about the digital divide, the informational revolution and the space of flows coincide with a selection of academic publications from the period 1990-2010 in the LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts) database. The digital divide refers to unequal access to computers with internet connections. The investigation is based on literature studies and text analysis methods. Castells was widely recognized for The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture. The literature study aims to investigate whether there has been a shift in the explanation of the digital divide. The paper is a conceptual investigation and based on scientific publications and literature. The paper investigates whether the theories and research of the authors of these publications is in accordance with Castells’ theories about the digital divide, the informational revolution and the space of flows. ICT (information and communication technology) has emerged rapidly and become part of the everyday life of many people. Population groups without access to ICT face risks of marginalization. Considering the rapid technological development, it is also relevant to investigate whether Castells’ theories, which by now (2013) are more than a decade old, still are valid. Manuel Castells digital divide literature study ICT conceptual investigation Manuel Castells den digitala klyftan litteraturstudie IKT begreppsutredning
3	Vems historia ryms inom våra ramar? : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om hur verksamma historielärare ser på och arbetar med elevers mångfald av identiteter i skolan. / Whose history fits within our frames? : A qualitative interview study of how professional history teachers view and work with students’ diversity of identities in school. Svensson, Martin January 2021 (has links) This essay is a qualitative interview study of how six upper secondary school history teachers view and work with students’ diversity of identities in teaching. The questions that the study sought to answer were how history teachers viewed and worked with students’ diversity of identities, as exemplified by specific assignments, along with their selection of teaching materials, and the impact of their own identity on their teaching. These questions were analysed using Manuel Castells’ three aspects of legitimate identity, resistance identity, and project identity, complemented by Carsten Ljunggren’s reasoning concerning a national identity, as the main theoretical framework. In doing so, the study concluded that the teachers viewed working with identity in the history subject as a luxury, dependent on factors such as lesson time, adaption to students, citizen education, and the room for a norm-critical approach. Due to these factors, it was concluded that the history subject unintentionally and mainly conveyed a legitimate identity to the students. From their exemplified assignments, the study found that student-centred assignments more often enabled the inclusion of resistance identities as well as project identities. The teachers claimed that teaching materials such as textbooks were Eurocentric and needed to be complemented by other material to include other perspectives. It was also concluded that teachers’ gender, social class, and ethnicity had an impact on their teaching. The study found that a new national identity in the history subject, as illustrated by the inclusion of project identities, was linked to the use of intercultural pedagogy and student-centred assignments. qualitative interview study national identity Manuel Castells teaching history diversity of identity. Pedagogy Pedagogik History Historia
4	[en] THE PARISH IN THE CHANGE OF SEASON: NETWORK COMMUNITIES IN THE INFORMATION AGE / [pt] A PARÓQUIA NA MUDANÇA DE ÉPOCA: UMA REDE DE COMUNIDADES NA ERA DA INFORMAÇÃO EMERSON MARCELO RUIZ 13 July 2016 (has links) [pt] Esta investigação aborda a paróquia católica na mudança de época, a partir das teorias de Manuel Castells. O início do milênio testemunha, de um lado, inédito interesse pastoral pela paróquia. De outro lado, temos muitos estudos multidisciplinares sobre mudança de época. Esta dissertação articula estas duas realidades. Ela analisa a paróquia a partir do seu nascimento no séc. IV. Acompanha sua evolução histórica até o Concílio de Trento, passando pelas novas configurações paroquiais do Vaticano II e do magistério Latino-Americano. Para abordar a mudança de época, esta pesquisa utiliza a teoria sociológica de Manuel Castells. A era da informação é a era das redes. A paróquia poderá aclimatar-se na medida em que compreender os novos significados desta nova estação histórica, tais como a nova territorialidade, dinâmica das redes e interatividade. / [en] This research approaches the Catholic Parish in the changing era according to the theory of Manuel Castells. The beginning of the millennium witnesses, from one side, an unprecedented pastoral interest to the parish. On the other hand, there are many multidisciplinary studies about changing era. This paper articulates these two realities. It analyzes the parish from its birth, in the 4th Century and it follows its historical development until the Council of Trent, passing through the new parish settings of Vatican II and the Latin American teaching. By approaching the changing era, this research uses the sociological theory of Manuel Castells. The information age is the age of networks. The parish can adapt itself to this new historical reality by understanding its new meanings, such as the new territoriality, dynamic networks and interactivity. [pt] SOCIOLOGIA [en] SOCIOLOGY [pt] REDE [en] NETWORK [pt] MUDANCA DE EPOCA [pt] PAROQUIA [pt] MANUEL CASTELLS [pt] COMUNIDADE CRISTA [pt] REDE DE COMUNIDADES [en] NETWORK COMMUNITIES [pt] PASTORAL URBANA [en] URBAN PASTORAL
5	NGO involvement in the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972. Interrelations Between Intergovernmental Discourse Framing and Activist Influence. Nilsson, Peter January 2004 (has links) <p>The UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972 has been recognized as bringing political attention to environmental problems. Researchers have acknowledged the importance of NGO activities during the conference, initiating a trend of engagement of NGOs in official global meetings. But NGOs were not permitted to speak at the plenary or participate in working groups in the official Conference. The influence of NGOs could still be substantial but in another arenas delivering perceptions, knowledge and information to the general public and officials, directly or through the intense media coverage of the conference. NGOs engaged in these parallel activities and individuals in the official initiating process are central to this research. </p><p>The purpose of this study is to analyze how Swedish NGOs and their related networks influenced environmental discourses during and following the UN conference on the human environment in Stockholm 1972. The purpose is also to analyze how they in turn were effected by the conference process and the context in which NGOs function. </p><p>This study is concerned with how social movements became engaged in official global meetings and the effects of this process. It is a study of the interrelations between intergovernmental discourse framing and activist influence. To understand this we take in consideration what motivated the actions of relevant actors, how actors selected strategies to obtain there purposes and how diverse frames of understanding emerged.</p> Political science frames of understanding paradigms environmental understanding UNCHE UN conference on the human environment interrelations discourse framing activist Stockholm conference perception power relations frame-setting NGO social movements Manuel Castells transnational advocacy third world Chossudovsky political actors only one earth networks PowWow Hamilton conference Environmental Forum Peoples Forum Garrett Harding Barry Commoner UNEP ecocide in Indochina sustainable development globalization Statsvetenskap Political science Statsvetenskap
6	NGO involvement in the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972. Interrelations Between Intergovernmental Discourse Framing and Activist Influence. Nilsson, Peter January 2004 (has links) The UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm 1972 has been recognized as bringing political attention to environmental problems. Researchers have acknowledged the importance of NGO activities during the conference, initiating a trend of engagement of NGOs in official global meetings. But NGOs were not permitted to speak at the plenary or participate in working groups in the official Conference. The influence of NGOs could still be substantial but in another arenas delivering perceptions, knowledge and information to the general public and officials, directly or through the intense media coverage of the conference. NGOs engaged in these parallel activities and individuals in the official initiating process are central to this research. The purpose of this study is to analyze how Swedish NGOs and their related networks influenced environmental discourses during and following the UN conference on the human environment in Stockholm 1972. The purpose is also to analyze how they in turn were effected by the conference process and the context in which NGOs function. This study is concerned with how social movements became engaged in official global meetings and the effects of this process. It is a study of the interrelations between intergovernmental discourse framing and activist influence. To understand this we take in consideration what motivated the actions of relevant actors, how actors selected strategies to obtain there purposes and how diverse frames of understanding emerged. Political science frames of understanding paradigms environmental understanding UNCHE UN conference on the human environment interrelations discourse framing activist Stockholm conference perception power relations frame-setting NGO social movements Manuel Castells transnational advocacy third world Chossudovsky political actors only one earth networks PowWow Hamilton conference Environmental Forum Peoples Forum Garrett Harding Barry Commoner UNEP ecocide in Indochina sustainable development globalization Statsvetenskap

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